Anatase wrote:

I had ~900 sqf and it took me 2 weeks ridding all the layers of 300sqf of
it. 1 year later I now have 650sqf to get rid of. I pulled the 300 sqf out
by hand and ready to research a better alternative. I don't want to rent
machinery as it's on a slope and would like to retain the stability. But I
can walk the slope so Im proposing that I have a go at it with a gas weed
eater with those heavy duty blades. Pull back the layers and start again.
then yank out the master roots.

Question here is will the gas weedeater with those blades or better be
suitable for this attack?

Hedge trimmers are made for that, but if ya can't find a long enough
electrical cord or cordless trimmers, a weed wacker with a blade should do the
trick and Roundup is weak and would be a waste of money. The ivy would
probably take the Round-Up like it was candy.